The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $2.4 million coming to Utah to support three new health center sites in the state. It is anticipated the funds will help care for approximately 11,661 additional Utah residents.

"At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah," a new book published by Indiana University Press, documents the discoveries at the monument, the location of the best known terrestrial records of the late Cretaceous.

The ordeal began late Saturday night when a man allegedly shot at
his stepfather in the home they share. Police went to the home after
Kenneth Reed's mother, hiding in her closet, called 911 saying her
son had fired a gun at his stepfather.

A Tooele family whose daughter is serving in
the Philippines Tacloban LDS Mission was still awaiting word on her
welfare Saturday afternoon. Later in the evening, the LDS Church
released a statement saying approximately two-thirds of the
missionaries in the storm-ravaged area have been contacted and are
safe.

Salt Lake County and the Community Development Corp. of Utah on Thursday completed and unveiled their latest Idea House in the western part of the Salt Lake Valley. The newly remodeled home was part of the ongoing Idea House program.